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author of a home on the field how one championship team inspires hope for the revival of small-town america. mr. cuadros, what made you decide to write this book? >> i decided to write this book because i noticed that what was happening in the the of rural communities in the south and midwest was a space change, a migration of latino immigrants to the small towns that i knew was a way to transform of the culture and those communities. i thought i was a very interesting story and when the what influence and change the country and for ways and that is a story of is interested in doing and capturing. >> why did you choose styler city what did you find? >> i chose styler city because at the time they had to poultry processing plants, feed mill, about 300 chicken farmers in the county and was an easy choice because the food processing industry is a big generator for white people are migrating from mexico or central america into the small town communities. >> when you're there you are writing about people who didn't want immigrants living in their town but they wanted to benefit from having immig
author of a home on the field how one championship team inspires hope for the revival of small-town america. mr. cuadros, what made you decide to write this book? >> i decided to write this book because i noticed that what was happening in the the of rural communities in the south and midwest was a space change, a migration of latino immigrants to the small towns that i knew was a way to transform of the culture and those communities. i thought i was a very interesting story and when the...
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the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had to close. that's what happens when you let a crisis get out of control. government should never let that happen. if they don't act and this is important for people to understand. people think it's unfair for the government to act to rescue a financial system. you cannot help an economy recover and create jobs. you can't preserve the value of people's savings without a functioning financial system. >> another moment when we requested the hearing that i was concerned about is the counter parties. they are looking into the whole issue. there have been comments that the cou
the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had...
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america 2008. he cowrote herblock with carry katz. for more information visit herblockfoundation.org. >> we're at frostburg state university speaking with thomas a. lewis author of brace for impact. tom, to start off with, what do you see as the major threats to our current way of living? >> well, that's the content of most of the book. it's a long list. what i did was organize it into the threats that i see gathered against our systems that sustain us. i look into food, both the food that we grow and the animals that we raise. i look into water, the supply of water and the treatment of wastewater. and energy. oil and electricity. and each of those categories is of a system that has been increasingly industrialized and is increasingly in peril of failing. mortal stress on all of those systems. and usually people don't look at them all at one time. you get people specializing in electricity. well, one of the things about electricity is that it takes three times as much water to get you the electrici
america 2008. he cowrote herblock with carry katz. for more information visit herblockfoundation.org. >> we're at frostburg state university speaking with thomas a. lewis author of brace for impact. tom, to start off with, what do you see as the major threats to our current way of living? >> well, that's the content of most of the book. it's a long list. what i did was organize it into the threats that i see gathered against our systems that sustain us. i look into food, both the...
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south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who think it is ok like myself. there are people who think it is a great situation. well, that is their opinion. what i think is increasingly difficult to argue is that there is any consensus or willingness in american society to declare a war on drug demand or reduction or drug consumption in the united states through testing, through invasion of privacy, through clampdowns on trade, on everything. is the u.s. willing to send the army into the projects in chicago, into the projects and tenements in new york, in los angeles, into east los a
south america, central mark. et cetera. i see no indication -- and the numbers don't show any indication -- that the u.s. is willing to spend money and time and effort to reduce its consumption, its demand for drugs. i see no reason to believe the u.s. will do so in the future any more than it has done so at any time in the past since the 1960 1960's, when drugs became part of a certain mainstream of american life. there are people who think this is a terrible situation, there are people who...
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god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ ["hail to the chief"] ♪ ["hail to the chief"] >> president obama spent about an hour-and-a-half with house republicans at the legislative retreat in baltimore. it is an unusual but not unheard of even where the president visits with other members -- where the president visits with members of the other party. we have been listening to the president's remarks. the white house and republican leaders open it up to c-span cameras. we thank them for that. we will open our phone lines to you for your reactions. here is our plan. we will show you the remainder of this as the president leaves. we will then wait for the republican news conference we're expecting to start at any moment. we will bring that to you live and take your telephone calls. the republican conference chair said we hope to have a serious conversation with the president about our proposal. what do you think? is the conversation series? the first call is on the democrats' line. >> all i can say is, "way to go
god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ ["hail to the chief"] ♪ ["hail to the chief"] >> president obama spent about an hour-and-a-half with house republicans at the legislative retreat in baltimore. it is an unusual but not unheard of even where the president visits with other members -- where the president visits with members of the other party. we have been listening to the president's remarks. the white house and republican leaders open it up to...
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to create a job here in america -- small business. we may take a look at what he has to offer and maybe change it here or there, but for the most part i think the president gave us a very good prescription of how to move and increase the opportunities for businesses to create jobs. host: the president also called for a great increase in our exports. what are some of the barriers right now to americans exporting work, their products overseas? guest: the fact that too many countries have agreements with us are not respecting those. they are not enforcing the provisions while we do a very good job of trying to abide by the rules and the trade agreement here and offer those foreign companies opportunities here to sell their goods. to many countries abroad are not respecting our product, our workers, and allowing the markets to be open to our goods. if we're going to sign an agreement, we have to make sure both parties live up to it. too many times in the past years we have seen the trade agreements to open our markets, but not those of fo
to create a job here in america -- small business. we may take a look at what he has to offer and maybe change it here or there, but for the most part i think the president gave us a very good prescription of how to move and increase the opportunities for businesses to create jobs. host: the president also called for a great increase in our exports. what are some of the barriers right now to americans exporting work, their products overseas? guest: the fact that too many countries have...
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the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had to close. that's what happens when you let a crisis get out of control. government should never let that happen. if they don't act and this is important for people to understand. people think it's unfair for the government to act to rescue a financial system. you cannot help an economy recover and create jobs. you can't preserve the value of people's savings without a functioning financial system. >> another moment when we requested the hearing that i was concerned about is the counter parties. they are looking into the whole issue. there have been comments that the cou
the value of america's houses and savings would have fallen either further. people would have rushed to take their money out of banks. it would have brought about utter collapse. i don't know a better way to say it than that. if people wonder if that was true, all they have to do is look back at what happened in the fall of 2008. you saw the value of american savings fall by almost 40%. trillions of dollars in lost wealth and millions left their homes. thousands and thousands of businesses had...
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there are stories like this all across america. after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again and slowly, some are starting to hire again. but i realize for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. that is why jobs must be our number one focus in 2010 and that's why i'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight. now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be america's business. the government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers. we should start where most new jobs do, in small businesses. companies that begin when -- companies that begin when an entrepreneur -- when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream or a worker decides it's time she became her own boss. through sheer grit an
there are stories like this all across america. after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again and slowly, some are starting to hire again. but i realize for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. that is...
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we got to propose a positive agenda for america. we have to be careful stewards of the dollars and practice fiscal responsibility. we've got our obligations. but we want to work with the president and with the democrats. so let's start all over again and see if we can do it. and we can begin by starting all over with health care reform. >> larry: do you favor throwing out don't ask, don't tell? >> i think it's a serious mistake. we're in two wars. don't ask, don't tell has been a very effective policy and one that has worked. the evidence of that is the best trained, best equipped, most professional military we've ever had. and i just think it would be a very serious mistake when we're in two wars to make an abrupt policy change. >> larry: would you change it down the road? >> well, i would rely on the joint chiefs of staff, our military leadership. those are the ones we entrust the lives of our young men and women, and have them do a study and come up with recommendations as to whether this policy needs to be modified or not. i wou
we got to propose a positive agenda for america. we have to be careful stewards of the dollars and practice fiscal responsibility. we've got our obligations. but we want to work with the president and with the democrats. so let's start all over again and see if we can do it. and we can begin by starting all over with health care reform. >> larry: do you favor throwing out don't ask, don't tell? >> i think it's a serious mistake. we're in two wars. don't ask, don't tell has been a...
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it is a very toxic time in america. people did not trust government or understand what they're doing. the missiles are what we see today in some of these instances that your guest has mentioned. host: houston, texas. what are your thoughts? caller: fit as a republican, -- as a republican, -- and i have been a republican for a long time -- but what should we do here? we cannot have a magic wand. both sides need to start working together on this. what would he do to bring this country back to what it was? if you do not have a job, no health care, that means the government has to pay for some of these people. jobs, health care, everything is important here. republicans are opposing everything, but i have not heard anything that they would do. guest: 01 of the difficulties here is this issue of bipartisanship. president obama pledged when he came into office that his way of handling congress would be different. we would break through all of this toxic discourse between democrats and republicans. frankly, that has not happen
it is a very toxic time in america. people did not trust government or understand what they're doing. the missiles are what we see today in some of these instances that your guest has mentioned. host: houston, texas. what are your thoughts? caller: fit as a republican, -- as a republican, -- and i have been a republican for a long time -- but what should we do here? we cannot have a magic wand. both sides need to start working together on this. what would he do to bring this country back to...
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however, there are a lot of vocal truck owners in america. the fordf-150 pickup is the most popular one sold. 25% of all sold in america are pickups. if you add s.u.v.s to the mix, 20% of all truck sales including pickups are sold to women. over 40% consider their truck more important than their home. as one truck owner told me, you can sleep in your truck, but you can't drive your house. not surprisingly, texas is america's biggest pickup market and you don't see too many volvo station wagons where i come from. these americans who drive trucks are fiercely independent, outspoken and will tell you they don't belong to a party but they vote for the person. these drivers are of every race and age and 64% said their truck is a manifestation of their character, and politics. truck owners are one voice in america that government would do well to listen to. contrary to washington wisdom, the americans i know and represent do not look forward to a day when government in the name of progressive politics makes all our decisions for us. this is not a c
however, there are a lot of vocal truck owners in america. the fordf-150 pickup is the most popular one sold. 25% of all sold in america are pickups. if you add s.u.v.s to the mix, 20% of all truck sales including pickups are sold to women. over 40% consider their truck more important than their home. as one truck owner told me, you can sleep in your truck, but you can't drive your house. not surprisingly, texas is america's biggest pickup market and you don't see too many volvo station wagons...
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i want to talk about what you do for america and also what america needs to do for all of you. from day one this has been a mission of mine, along with the vice president's i wife, dr. jill biden, my dear, dear friend and blue star mom herself, who has been a tireless advocate in support of our extraordinary national guard and reserve members and their families, jill and i have been working hard on this. one of the first things that we wanted to do was to first listen and learn. so with many of you we had a series of round table discussions -- roundtable discussions, thank you-all with our military spouses. we met with deborah and sandy and other wives of the joint chiefs to get their advice and guidance on how to develop our initiatives. that was incredibly helpful. we also met with the senior enlisted advisors wives to discuss what's working in the ranks and what also can be improved. these conversations gave jill and i just really critical guidance and insight for what would be our subsequent visits to bases and military communities around the country. and as i think back on
i want to talk about what you do for america and also what america needs to do for all of you. from day one this has been a mission of mine, along with the vice president's i wife, dr. jill biden, my dear, dear friend and blue star mom herself, who has been a tireless advocate in support of our extraordinary national guard and reserve members and their families, jill and i have been working hard on this. one of the first things that we wanted to do was to first listen and learn. so with many of...
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not only in the nation's capitol, but in state capitals across america. we only have to look back a few years to see what trouble unfunded mandates cause for states. when congress passed the no child left behind act, it was hailed as a landmark that would improve education nationwide, establish new standards to measure educational achievement in our schools, and required states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades. states had to make sure that happened for their schools that received federal aid, but the law provided far too little money to meet its requirements. this was a fact acknowledged by a chief sponsor, the late senator kennedy. he said, and i quote -- "the tragedy is that these long overdue reforms are finally in place, but the funds are not." boy, was that ever a true statement. states have paid and paid and are still paying for that whopper of an unfunded mandate. in fact, no child left behind, which i oppose, largely because of its being an unfunded federal mandate has caused -- cost my state of
not only in the nation's capitol, but in state capitals across america. we only have to look back a few years to see what trouble unfunded mandates cause for states. when congress passed the no child left behind act, it was hailed as a landmark that would improve education nationwide, establish new standards to measure educational achievement in our schools, and required states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades. states had to make sure that...
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rather than weaker america. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presidinficer:he mr. kyl: thank you, mr. president. i think it's time for the people in the united states congress to be sure we're listening to what our constituents, the american people, are telling us. if it was unclear before, i think the massachusetts senate race should put to rest any doubts about what's really frustrating americans. americans have had it with the soaring level of spending and debt. they know that enormous spending and skyrocketing deficits take a bite out of the economy, dragging down our gross domestic product, our standard of living, and making investors and job creators very nervous. they are concerned about the unfathomable amounts of money now being spent. for the first year of the obama administration, the numbers are eye popping. consider, one, a wasteful wasteful $1.2 trillion stimulus that was a failure, according to the administration's own yardstick. two, a $410 billion omnibus federal spending bill that increase
rather than weaker america. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presidinficer:he mr. kyl: thank you, mr. president. i think it's time for the people in the united states congress to be sure we're listening to what our constituents, the american people, are telling us. if it was unclear before, i think the massachusetts senate race should put to rest any doubts about what's really frustrating americans. americans have had it with the soaring level of spending and debt. they know that enormous...
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everybody in america can learn something from someone here. it is important to have those faces in the broad scheme of where the american population congregates. >> i'm a class of 2006 -- i have a couple of comments and the question. in the spirit of self- determination, i am haitian- american, and i was born in the nine states. i consider myself african- american and haitian-american, but i understand what monica is saying. it is important that haitians speak for haitians and haitian americans speak for haitians and that experts speak. why are the networks looking at the models the sport network said used? these coaches and players to be commentators. they put them through boot camp and teach them the rudiments of speaking in front of the camera and they unleash them. the professional journalist takes a backseat, may be anchoring a little bit, but they let the commentators the sports experts in speak. -- they let the commentators and the sports experts speak. i'm not really a fan of trying to use journalists to do that because they're not the
everybody in america can learn something from someone here. it is important to have those faces in the broad scheme of where the american population congregates. >> i'm a class of 2006 -- i have a couple of comments and the question. in the spirit of self- determination, i am haitian- american, and i was born in the nine states. i consider myself african- american and haitian-american, but i understand what monica is saying. it is important that haitians speak for haitians and haitian...
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bernanke bank of america's term ends this thursday. several democratic senators have noted their opposition to his nomination. >> geoff hoon served as the former defense secretary under british prime minister tony blair from 1999 to 2005. last week he testified before the british iraq committee, a five-member committee examining the british in the iraq war. questions focused on mr. hoon's relationship with then defense secretary donald rumsfeld and the assessment of the military be this is over 2 1/2 hours. >> well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. today we begin hearing from members of the government who were involved in the buildup and the decision to commit force to action in iraq in 2003. this session are to examine the right honorable geoff hoon the former secretary of state for defense the key discussions and decisions taken on iraq. and their implementation within the ministry of defense and the government. during his period of secretary of defense. it will cover from summer 2001 to may of 2005. i should say at this point tha
bernanke bank of america's term ends this thursday. several democratic senators have noted their opposition to his nomination. >> geoff hoon served as the former defense secretary under british prime minister tony blair from 1999 to 2005. last week he testified before the british iraq committee, a five-member committee examining the british in the iraq war. questions focused on mr. hoon's relationship with then defense secretary donald rumsfeld and the assessment of the military be this...
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do not know the history of what on in central america and south america. i noticed you did not seem to mention anything about chile except they are doing so great. we talk about 9/11 here, but there was a 9/11 in chile in an 1970's, which we did. we basically destroyed the country. we try to come across in the world with this altar was to get to that we're going to help everybody, but we do not -- this altruistic attitude that we're going to help everybody. but we do not. we do not like to talk about the mistakes that we have done, only the good things. but we almost destroyed chile and millions of people were killed under conditions at -- under pinochet. he was in charge for 20 years. he got in in 73 and got out of 93. guest: my math is quite good. yours is wrong. the united states was helping the transition to democracy in chile in the 1980's. yes, we work involved in a coup in 1973, which is regrettable. the united states has a very strong, positive influence in chile and its reputation in chile today. host: thank you for joining us. coming of next, we
do not know the history of what on in central america and south america. i noticed you did not seem to mention anything about chile except they are doing so great. we talk about 9/11 here, but there was a 9/11 in chile in an 1970's, which we did. we basically destroyed the country. we try to come across in the world with this altar was to get to that we're going to help everybody, but we do not -- this altruistic attitude that we're going to help everybody. but we do not. we do not like to talk...
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new york herald, which was at that time in 1877 when it was published it was the biggest newspaper in america. and they've called it a washington love letter. and nobody could believe that it was real at first. and then people who know a little bit about washington's life and stuff, there were some very atchison diaries published. they discovered he had written it better for month after he had become engaged to moffit custis, who was in for the the richest widow in virginia. and this caused consternation in 1877. they couldn't believe that george washington could possibly have thought for another woman. and so, it was like a suspense story as a probe to find out what happened to this letter. and it turned out that the latter never saw the light of day. it was going to be auctioned off of the mystery man body and this appeared for 60 years. and they founded by sheer accident in the files of a harvard library. so when i saw all this, i said to myself, this is a book i was born to write. i've got to write this book. i've got to explain this and then i begin to realize there would be other things
new york herald, which was at that time in 1877 when it was published it was the biggest newspaper in america. and they've called it a washington love letter. and nobody could believe that it was real at first. and then people who know a little bit about washington's life and stuff, there were some very atchison diaries published. they discovered he had written it better for month after he had become engaged to moffit custis, who was in for the the richest widow in virginia. and this caused...
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coming from britain, they didn't have the freedoms they wanted so they came to america. and now we're the land of the free. >> where do you go for your news? >> cnn. also, brand newz.com. they interview everyday, ordinary people, news that you would not find on a news. what a nonprofit is doing. who got straight a's this week. they feed off fox and abc as well. it's very diverse. >> what are we going to find you in 10 years? >> probably lobbying far nonprofit organization. >> next? >> hi. my name is claudia. and i attend the miami dade college. and my major is psychology and i'm a second year. >> why are you here? >> i owe a lot to this country. i'm a refugee. i came from cuba on a raft and because of this country i'm able to be here and exercise the freedom of speech, freedom of everything. and this seminar has given me the opportunity to learn a lot about law, about the media and how it affects everyone. it affects me, my parents, just everyone. >> i got to tell you -- if you make a living asking questions like i do, you don't let somebody say you came here on a raft w
coming from britain, they didn't have the freedoms they wanted so they came to america. and now we're the land of the free. >> where do you go for your news? >> cnn. also, brand newz.com. they interview everyday, ordinary people, news that you would not find on a news. what a nonprofit is doing. who got straight a's this week. they feed off fox and abc as well. it's very diverse. >> what are we going to find you in 10 years? >> probably lobbying far nonprofit...
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as he came on out and seen how america was really feeling he came to the right. and he told everybody, he said he could be our president too, but he hasn't tried to be our president on the right. it just forced us through no matter how we felt and it's turned people off. because he told us - when he was running that he would run and help us and run in the middle but he hasn't. he turned all the way to the left. put special deals in and all those dollars in which he has no business doing. and he's down lot of stuff to harm our country stins since the day he walked. democrats shut their eyes and think e we can do what we want because we have the power. host: did you vote? who did you support. caller: obama. host: who did you vote in the election this year? guest: the guy that won. for people to get jobs back they shut their eyes to everything and said we got the power so we're going to push what we want. host: julie, what would you like to see them do? caller: well he don't have to stand up there every day and cuss the banks and talk about all the stuff that's - an
as he came on out and seen how america was really feeling he came to the right. and he told everybody, he said he could be our president too, but he hasn't tried to be our president on the right. it just forced us through no matter how we felt and it's turned people off. because he told us - when he was running that he would run and help us and run in the middle but he hasn't. he turned all the way to the left. put special deals in and all those dollars in which he has no business doing. and...
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i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second thing is that ge has a patent -- and i believe in patents. i listened to this gentleman back here, and i can truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, ge inherited this patent from enron, and it's created a wall so that they won't let people come in and build turbines in the united states. now, the patent is going to expire very soon. but now they're calling it a royalty but it's really a gate to keep people out. is there any programs -- i've talked to governor strickland, i've talked to sherrod brown, i've talked to lee fisher. this company was identified by the city of akron and donald plusquellic's visionary leadership down in akron. but i want to bring this to the united s
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this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that they could take money away from the treasury fund. host: debbie on the independents' line, you are next. caller: good morning. they seem to be evading direct questions from the caller is in regard to individual rights. the corporation is not an individual. if i work for our corporation and they take funds out of the corporate money and sway public opinion on a senator or the mayor or whoever, they are not representing me. i am part of that corporation. stop evading the questions that the callers call in. quit talking about all of the semantics and get to what the people are afraid
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that is not the america i know. as i travel the country, i meet a lot of people who seek -- to feel the same way. for months, political rebellion has been growing, one born from the american people's opposition to greater government control over our economy and their lives. scott brown was propelled to victory in massachusetts. his victory in the bluest of blue states gives us new hope that common sense will prevail, that maybe now the hard work of the american people will no longer be stifled by washington democrats job killing an agenda, which we have fought tooth and nail against. we know that washington democrats will pull out all the stops to try to shove this government takeover of health care with medicare cuts and tax hikes. there is a sweetheart deal that needs to be cut, democrats can cut it. if there is a vote that needs to be bought, they will buy it. haven't we had enough of government propped up on the payoffs and pork barrel spending? haven't we had enough of the same old loss vs. them politics to dis
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. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." n/a 524 decision, the supreme court struck down limits on contributing to political campaigns from corporations. anthony kennedy delivered the opinion. in it, he broke the government may not suppress political speech. a sufficient interest justifies political speech by nonprofit or for-profit opinions. shortly after the court announced its decision, floyd abrams, the attorney who argued on behalf of mitch mcconnell and citizens united president david bossie sport with reporters. >> i represented mitch mcconnell in the case and was one of the lawyers who argued it in the supreme court. this is an extraordinarily triumphant day. the court has ruled that corporations, unions, and all the rest of us may participate freely and openly and spend money on the electoral and political matters. this decision is a long time coming, and as the opinion of justice kennedy makes clear, it involves the reversal of two prior opinions, one involving senator mcconnell, one two years before. the core of i
. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." n/a 524 decision, the supreme court struck down limits on contributing to political campaigns from corporations. anthony kennedy delivered the opinion. in it, he broke the government may not suppress political speech. a sufficient interest justifies political speech by nonprofit or for-profit opinions. shortly after the court announced its decision, floyd abrams, the attorney who argued on behalf of mitch mcconnell and citizens...
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- of america. thomas jefferson, and words that are inscribed down the small, god gave us life and liberty. i say to all that are in this movement, life may be losing in washington d.c., but life is winning in america. because of all of you, the pro- lifer america will take this congress back in 2010 and take this country back in 2012, so help us god. [cheers and applause] >> afternoon. i am the congressman from wisconsin. during my six years as chairman of the house judiciary committee, i managed the law that banned partial birth abortion, and the law that tried to save terry schiavo's life. we have been reading an awful lot about health care lately. the original bill that obama, pelosi and ried introduced used your tax dollars. it is morally wrong and it is also bad policy. we should not use the power of taxation granted and the congress by the united states constitution to force you to pay for a procedure that you believe is morally wrong. congress has recognized that for 34 years with the hyde a
- of america. thomas jefferson, and words that are inscribed down the small, god gave us life and liberty. i say to all that are in this movement, life may be losing in washington d.c., but life is winning in america. because of all of you, the pro- lifer america will take this congress back in 2010 and take this country back in 2012, so help us god. [cheers and applause] >> afternoon. i am the congressman from wisconsin. during my six years as chairman of the house judiciary committee, i...
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meditate and they became to visualize guantanamo as america's gibraltar. it was the naval theorist who proposed this idea, and roosevelt, the policymaker who made it happen. this of course was never the dream of you been nationalist. nor was it a concession that they freely granted. but most cuban scholars, interestingly, have been reluctant to criticize theodore roosevelt because he fought for cuban independence and he never sought to annex cuba or to make it a u.s. colony. and that was in contrast to his close friend, leonard wood, who as military governor of cuba and who wanted very much to annex it. it may be partly because of the history of guantanamo evokes conflicting emotions, that most cubans have been reluctant to write about it. even in the spanish literature, there is -- there are not that many cuban histories of guantanamo. as for american students of cuban history, until recently most of them have either ignored guantanamo or discussed in terms of the spanish-american war, the squabbles over the platt amendment, as a bone of contention betwee
meditate and they became to visualize guantanamo as america's gibraltar. it was the naval theorist who proposed this idea, and roosevelt, the policymaker who made it happen. this of course was never the dream of you been nationalist. nor was it a concession that they freely granted. but most cuban scholars, interestingly, have been reluctant to criticize theodore roosevelt because he fought for cuban independence and he never sought to annex cuba or to make it a u.s. colony. and that was in...
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jobs here in america. we think that's very important. it also tries to help states so they're not laying off teachers and policemen and firemen. we think that's very important as well. but let me say something. i did a little -- i get a little confused and perhaps these facts are not well known to you, but i thought i would remind you of these facts. we pursued an economic program that your party put forward from 2001, 2003 on for eight years. now while the people gave us the majority in the house and senate in 2006, obviously president bush threatened to or did, in fact, veto any changes that we made in economic policy. that economic policy which you were a very strong supporter of and your party was a very strong supporter of, you continue to mention jobs. so i want to make sure you know these statistics. in the last three months of the bush administration under the economic policies that not only did you pursue then but you still want to pursue, because, in fact, the proposals that you had made essentially mirror the proposals that we
jobs here in america. we think that's very important. it also tries to help states so they're not laying off teachers and policemen and firemen. we think that's very important as well. but let me say something. i did a little -- i get a little confused and perhaps these facts are not well known to you, but i thought i would remind you of these facts. we pursued an economic program that your party put forward from 2001, 2003 on for eight years. now while the people gave us the majority in the...
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america or france or germany, whatever the country may be. and that we find that there is no correlation between a strong religious identity and a lower or a weaker national identity. the two can be strong at the same time and indeed they can even strengthen each other. host: when it comes to how much knowledge about the following religions, according to the poll, 3% said they had a great deal of fonl about islam, 34% some, and 23% said none at all. can you clarify what defines a great deal of knowledge compared to some knowledge? >> it's again self-reported. however someone would assess their own knowledge. it is interesting to note that we still find the majority of americans say that they have little to no knowledge about islam. despite the heavy media coverage and despite the growing engagement between the united states and muslim majority societies, i think this is a gap that is important to phil. host: just by comparison, 67% said they had a great deal of knowledge. detroit, michigan, up next. darren on our democrat's line. caller: i wo
america or france or germany, whatever the country may be. and that we find that there is no correlation between a strong religious identity and a lower or a weaker national identity. the two can be strong at the same time and indeed they can even strengthen each other. host: when it comes to how much knowledge about the following religions, according to the poll, 3% said they had a great deal of fonl about islam, 34% some, and 23% said none at all. can you clarify what defines a great deal of...
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>> america is pro-life! >> america is pro-life! >> you know, i just came back from a trip to southeast asia and one of the countries i visited was cambodia, and during that time i was there i visited the killing fields of cambodia and they showed the congressional delegation what they called the killing trees. and the reason they call that the killing a tree was because they used to hang babies from the tree and slam babies against the tree and the reason why i want to tell you that story is because some of the acts we use in abortion are just as brutal, and i want people to understand that abortion is a moral issue of our time. and we have to speak loudly in order for our leaders to understand that we are pro-life. [cheers and applause] and i am so honored last night i had a chance to speak to about 500 students from louisianan. and it just seeing so many young faces gives me so much hope as to how much energy because i know that this fight will be long and hard and we will need all the young people to speak out loud to our leader
>> america is pro-life! >> america is pro-life! >> you know, i just came back from a trip to southeast asia and one of the countries i visited was cambodia, and during that time i was there i visited the killing fields of cambodia and they showed the congressional delegation what they called the killing trees. and the reason they call that the killing a tree was because they used to hang babies from the tree and slam babies against the tree and the reason why i want to tell...
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this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that they could take money away from the treasury fund. host: debbie on the independents' line, you are next. caller: good morning. they seem to be evading direct questions from the caller is in regard to individual rights. the corporation is not an individual. if i work for our corporation and they take funds out of the corporate money and sway public opinion on a senator or the mayor or whoever, they are not representing me. i am part of that corporation. stop evading the questions that the callers call in. quit talking about all of the semantics and get to what the people are afraid
this administration is attacking corporate america. corporate america needs a voice. . host: what on your thoughts on labor unions being able to do the same? guest: labor unions are membership organizations. if the courts as people have to join a union and they disagree with the way they spend the money, they get the rebate and get the money back. unions had the right before this decision to create political action committees, and that was sufficient. we did not need to go ahead and said that...
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jobs here in america. we think that's very important. it also tries to help states so they're not laying off teachers and policemen and firemen. we think that's very important as well. let me say something. i did a little -- i get a little confused, and perhaps these facts are not well-known to you, but i thought i'd remind you of these facts. we pursued an economic program that your party put forward from 2001, 2003 on for eight years. now, while the people gave us the majority in the house and senate in 2006, obviously president bush threatened to or did in fact veto any changes that we made in economic policy . that economic policy, which you were a very strong supporter of and your party was a very strong supporter of, you continue to mention jobs. so i want to make sure you know these statistics. in the last three months of the brucks under the economic poll -- bush administration under the economic policies that not only did you pursue then but you still want to pursue because in fact the proposals that you have made essentially mi
jobs here in america. we think that's very important. it also tries to help states so they're not laying off teachers and policemen and firemen. we think that's very important as well. let me say something. i did a little -- i get a little confused, and perhaps these facts are not well-known to you, but i thought i'd remind you of these facts. we pursued an economic program that your party put forward from 2001, 2003 on for eight years. now, while the people gave us the majority in the house...
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surprising that a study published just this month found that obesity could now be an even greater threat to america's health than smoking this is about an hour 10 minutes. >> mr. and mrs. salahi, private citizens from the commonwealth of virginia and attended the white house state dinner on november 24, though they were not issued invitations, they are here to provide their account of the events of that night. we would like to welcome both of you to this committee and ask that you summarize your joint statement for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and committee, i do have an opening statement for you. to the honorable members of the committee on homeland security. prior to being contacted to invite us to speak, we asked that our attorneys reach out to the committee and meet with various staff members and provide them with key information to assist the committee and review of relevant homeland security issues. we understand the attorneys met with your staff as well as representative king and his staff and provided them with phone records, emails and other relevant documentary evidence. we have
surprising that a study published just this month found that obesity could now be an even greater threat to america's health than smoking this is about an hour 10 minutes. >> mr. and mrs. salahi, private citizens from the commonwealth of virginia and attended the white house state dinner on november 24, though they were not issued invitations, they are here to provide their account of the events of that night. we would like to welcome both of you to this committee and ask that you...
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author of "wingnuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america." that wasn't the lunatic fringe yesterday, was it? >> no, no, it wasn't. larry, i am an independent. many folks who are younger americans are independents. 44% of voters born after 1977 are independents. what's happening is a very consistent message. but it should be a wake-up call to both democrats and republicans. democrats need to understand that they're overspending. and what's happened with unified control of government, this approach that seems to have come out of nancy pelosi's congress has alienated independents big time. but republicans who want to interpret this as an endorsement for their whole agenda, they're in denial about what this is about. scott brown was a pro choice republican. independents swung toward him because he's consistent with what they generally believe. socially liberal to libertarian. that's where young voters are. that's the message being sent tonight. folks got to get the message in washington. the era of play to the base politics is over. >> larry: we'
author of "wingnuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america." that wasn't the lunatic fringe yesterday, was it? >> no, no, it wasn't. larry, i am an independent. many folks who are younger americans are independents. 44% of voters born after 1977 are independents. what's happening is a very consistent message. but it should be a wake-up call to both democrats and republicans. democrats need to understand that they're overspending. and what's happened with unified control of...
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th's not the motive of the criminal justiceystem genelly in america. it's tprosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. dector bert mueller said the decisi to aest the nigerian suspect was thright move. said the f.b.i. needed to know iediately if other thres were out there. president obama's nomie to lead the transpoation security administtion has withdrawn. erroll southers a top official with the loangeles policeepartment. but he said today opnents had politicid his career. republican sator jim demint d blocked action on southers over concerns he wouldrant collective bargaining rights to t.a. employees. the suspect in aass killing in virginiaurned himself in early today, after an all-night manht. chstopher speight allegedly gunned down eight people o tuesday,hen fired at a police helicopter as he ran int the woods hide. the scene unfolded just outse appomaox, virginia. police fnd three bodies inside spits home, and four outside. an eighth victim was found barely ave near the house, but di later at a hospital. state poli said today they're still looking
th's not the motive of the criminal justiceystem genelly in america. it's tprosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. dector bert mueller said the decisi to aest the nigerian suspect was thright move. said the f.b.i. needed to know iediately if other thres were out there. president obama's nomie to lead the transpoation security administtion has withdrawn. erroll southers a top official with the loangeles policeepartment. but he said today opnents had politicid his career. republican...
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that's not the motive of the criminal justice system generally in america. it's to prosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. director robert mueller said the decision to arrest the nigerian suspect was the right move. he said the f.b.i. needed to know immediately if other threats were out there. president obama's nominee to lead the transportation security administration has withdrawn. erroll southers is a top official with the los angeles police department. but he said today opponents had politicized his career. republican senator jim demint had blocked action on southers over concerns he would grant collective bargaining rights to t.s.a. employees. the suspect in a mass killing in virginia turned himself in early today, after an all-night manhunt. christopher speight allegedly gunned down eight people on tuesday, then fired at a police helicopter as he ran into the woods to hide. the scene unfolded just outside appomattox, virginia. police found three bodies inside spite's home, and four outside. an eighth victim was found barely alive near the house, bu
that's not the motive of the criminal justice system generally in america. it's to prosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. director robert mueller said the decision to arrest the nigerian suspect was the right move. he said the f.b.i. needed to know immediately if other threats were out there. president obama's nominee to lead the transportation security administration has withdrawn. erroll southers is a top official with the los angeles police department. but he said today opponents...
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and take care of america. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: i think last night, watching what happened in massachusetts was really in the many years i've watched politics was really astounding. the people there, i think it was more than just health care. we have a country now that is not in trouble. we're american. we know how to avoid trouble in this country. but we have a lot of our citizens who are hurting now. they need jobs and they need employment. certainly in our district and around our area where unemployment is over 10%, that's the talk in the barbershops and restaurants is what is the economy doing? what business are we going to lose overseas next? what manufacturing job is going to be gone? i think the people there looked at more than just health care. i think they looked at a stimulus package of almost $800 billion. i don't believe that's worked, it certainly sas provided one-time jobs but you know and i know as a former mayor that you don't take one-time money an turn it into a long-time job
and take care of america. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: i think last night, watching what happened in massachusetts was really in the many years i've watched politics was really astounding. the people there, i think it was more than just health care. we have a country now that is not in trouble. we're american. we know how to avoid trouble in this country. but we have a lot of our citizens who are hurting now. they need jobs and they need employment. certainly in our district and...
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this is not acceptable in america. the administration's foreclosure prevention plan says it's going to help borrowers in financial trouble by making payments more affordable and steppeding the repayment period. however, out of the millions and millions of people being affected across this country, just 7% of those who have signed up have completed the treasury department's program to try to rework these loans and more than 49,000, 5%, have dropped out of the program entirely, thousands more remain in limbo. but the biggest bank in the program, bank of america, has completed modifications for fewer than 2% of the 200,000 borrowers they claimed to have enrolled. it's big bank buddies are in the same boat when it comes to modifying our people's mortgages. the people paying for their bills and salaries aren't having their mortgages reworked. in fact, it's clear wall street bankers have no interest in modifying mortgages. they are making millions off of other people's misery and that's just fine with them. this nation needs
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there were some distractions daking place around america as we speak. and a lot of america has been transfixed by what has happened this year. and i can go back and recap some of the events but we pretty well know what they are. $700 billion in tarp spending, we watched three large investment banks be nationalized by the federal government, we watched a.i.g. be nationalized, taken over by the federal government. we watched fannie mae and freddie mac be taken over by the federal government and then by an executive order right before christmas have them open up the debt ceiling on fannie and freddie where every american is a guarantee-or of the debt which can be as many as $-- 5.5 trillion. we watched negotiations take place behind the scenes which told the bankruptcy court how to push our automakers through there and both of them nationalized, taken over by the federal government. then we watched the $787 billion economic stimulus plan be passed in an urgency that hasn't produced a product and a result except the debt that's going to drag down this econo
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additionally, soccer america named the coach men's coach of the year. mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the university of virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 division i ncaa championship team -- title. i want to thank congressman perriello for bringing this bill forward. i wish the program much success in the 2010 season and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of house resolution 991, commending the university of virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 division i ncaa national championship. the university of virginia located in charlottesville, virginia, was founded in 1819 by thomas jefferson. u.v.a. has been synonymous with excellence throughout its history. it was the first educational institution to offer many academic programs that are common today. 85% of today's freshmen students were in the top 10% of the high school classes and t
additionally, soccer america named the coach men's coach of the year. mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the university of virginia's men's soccer team for winning the 2009 division i ncaa championship team -- title. i want to thank congressman perriello for bringing this bill forward. i wish the program much success in the 2010 season and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson,...
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if you are for america like you say you are, keep the democratic. host: joe on independent line from pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to respond to the last caller about what he was saying. i don't believe obama is for america as much as the last caller said. i believe he is for the world, new order, north american union, and i really hope that brown wins this election and i hope the democrats really do their homework, open up their eyes if they want to see real change, especially for their kids and grand kids. i hope that he wins. that's all. host: this phone call comes from al on the line for democrats from silver spring, maryland. caller: property on c-span and i want to call on all the people of massachusetts not to let the republican get in the office. every time i think of the republican party i think of savings and loans disaster, and ron disaster, subprime loans and worst of all i think about the incompetence of september 11. these republicans are not interested about mainstream america but only interested in destroying this nation. when
if you are for america like you say you are, keep the democratic. host: joe on independent line from pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to respond to the last caller about what he was saying. i don't believe obama is for america as much as the last caller said. i believe he is for the world, new order, north american union, and i really hope that brown wins this election and i hope the democrats really do their homework, open up their eyes if they want to see real change, especially for their...
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god bless america. go, scott brown! >> massachusetts does not want the trillion dollar obama health care that being forced on american people. as the 41st senator i will make sure we do it better. >> brown: joining me now from boston is fred tice, political reporter for public radio station wbur. fred, outside the state massachusetts, of course, has a reputation as a strongly liberal and democratic place. how much of a surprise is this there? >> it's a huge shock here. a month ago no one would have predicted that scott brown would be so close to perhaps winning this election tomorrow. >> brown: where is the flurry of support for scott brown coming from? tell us a little bit more about his supporters and what issues are really hitting him? >> i spent some time, i've been spending a lot of time going around with both candidates. what i notice at the scott brown rallies is there are people who are just curious. there are people who have been turned off by the negative advertising they see as coming from the democratic side
god bless america. go, scott brown! >> massachusetts does not want the trillion dollar obama health care that being forced on american people. as the 41st senator i will make sure we do it better. >> brown: joining me now from boston is fred tice, political reporter for public radio station wbur. fred, outside the state massachusetts, of course, has a reputation as a strongly liberal and democratic place. how much of a surprise is this there? >> it's a huge shock here. a month...
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that often begins here where america itself began. we must agree to put into place policies that will unleash the innovation and ingenuity of the people of virginia, opening the way for a new era of progress and prosperity. i believe that it all starts with policies to promote job creation and economic development in our state. [applause] the inherent dignity of a could this work and a worthwhile pursuit strengthens of the soul, supports the family and reduces dependence upon government. immediately following my inauguration on saturday, i signed executive order no. 1 on the capitol steps. this established a statewide commission dedicated solely to creating jobs and promoting free enterprise and opportunity in our state. it was my first executive order of the devastation because i believe it is the first order of business for all of us this session. unemployment has doubled in the last five years. we all know, members of our families, friends, and m neighbors, to have lost their jobs. this makes it difficult for them to meet the basic
that often begins here where america itself began. we must agree to put into place policies that will unleash the innovation and ingenuity of the people of virginia, opening the way for a new era of progress and prosperity. i believe that it all starts with policies to promote job creation and economic development in our state. [applause] the inherent dignity of a could this work and a worthwhile pursuit strengthens of the soul, supports the family and reduces dependence upon government....
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caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of our government at that time was totally silenced. also we should be careful of google's reputation. what took them so long? they have been going along. it because they got caught pirated books? host: marie, thank you for the call. she asks, what took them so long? guest: i think what took them so long as they had done a three- year experiment in china to decide whether they can make that market compatible with their company values. i think this was essentially the last straw for them when they realized the chinese government was n
caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of...
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our debt was lower than that of america, lower than that of france and of germany, lower than that of the euro area and lower than that of japan and of italy. it is because we had a low debt that we have been able to take the measures that are necessary to help companies to deal with the recession, to help the unemployed get work, to help young people who are leaving school and to help thousands of small businesses survive. we took the right action in the recession. the opposition advised the wrong action. >> richard burden. >> may i associate myself with the tribute that my right honorable friend has paid to those who have lost their lives in afghanistan? is he aware that today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of tom hurndall, the british photographer who was shot by an israeli sniper while trying to rescue children from danger in gaza? will he join me in paying tribute to the hurndall family for their tireless efforts in cutting through so many smokescreens put forward by the israeli military authorities, to get to the truth about tom's death and uphold the principles of acc
our debt was lower than that of america, lower than that of france and of germany, lower than that of the euro area and lower than that of japan and of italy. it is because we had a low debt that we have been able to take the measures that are necessary to help companies to deal with the recession, to help the unemployed get work, to help young people who are leaving school and to help thousands of small businesses survive. we took the right action in the recession. the opposition advised the...
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his style was one of america's greatest gifts to democracy. due to the universal nature of his character, lincoln remains an everlasting contemporary as his life highlights the past and present. as the society, we have adapted his identity to accommodate new concerns. but not to the point where we have negated what it previously represented. in 1893, "the new york times" ran an article called three great leaders: washington, lincoln, and grant. in 1985 they published an article getting right with lincoln. this explored american politicians and everyone else to square their own position with what they thought would be lincoln's position on the matter. they were drawn to his leadership. and measured their success by that which lincoln would have approved. and in 1974 "time" magazines asked who were the greatest leaders? lincoln's named appeared most frequently. c-span's 2009 presidential poll released the past president's day has abraham lincoln's first as he was in the last c-span survey in 2000 and today in 2009, 200 years after his birth, we
his style was one of america's greatest gifts to democracy. due to the universal nature of his character, lincoln remains an everlasting contemporary as his life highlights the past and present. as the society, we have adapted his identity to accommodate new concerns. but not to the point where we have negated what it previously represented. in 1893, "the new york times" ran an article called three great leaders: washington, lincoln, and grant. in 1985 they published an article...
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they attack the policies of america many times. we have an agenda that everything that is wrong in the world is america's fault rather than that there are other bad people in the world and they have nothing to apologize for. we still do not have a full complement of directors on the broadcasting board of directors. but the people that ought to be on there are people who are knowledgeable in broadcast and factual journalism, not the bias. the board of governors was designed by vice president biden. what we saw was something that should have never been political become politicized and then incompetent. the reason why we have not had an effective voice in the middle east, it in iran especially, is because error message is not a clear message about freedom. it is not a clear message about the news of the day, the unfettered use of the day, not propaganda, but real news. we have been in confident in our management of this $50 million to $70 million of money per year. when i first went to when i first went to washin when i first went to
they attack the policies of america many times. we have an agenda that everything that is wrong in the world is america's fault rather than that there are other bad people in the world and they have nothing to apologize for. we still do not have a full complement of directors on the broadcasting board of directors. but the people that ought to be on there are people who are knowledgeable in broadcast and factual journalism, not the bias. the board of governors was designed by vice president...
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this is the day she arrives in america by boat. the reason for this event is significant is for two reasons, mainly amongst many others of course, but she is that which is the relationship between arab-americans and our foreign policy in the middle east, and second because these two and i should say there were two distinct waves of immigration to the united states from the arab world. from the late 1800s from all places of northern europe came to a halt, and then immigration after 1965. these are different groups of people, people coming over in the late 1800s, mostly from modern-day lebanon, syria. and they're coming over before notions of nationalism and an arabism have really set in in the region. after 65 we see much more skilled labor, much more people from the muslim faith coming over, people from other countries, you see egyptian, yemenis, iraqi's, all sorts of people from the arabic world speaking world coming over. this event, you sort of see this in the chapter that takes place here in dearborn, comes to bring these two w
this is the day she arrives in america by boat. the reason for this event is significant is for two reasons, mainly amongst many others of course, but she is that which is the relationship between arab-americans and our foreign policy in the middle east, and second because these two and i should say there were two distinct waves of immigration to the united states from the arab world. from the late 1800s from all places of northern europe came to a halt, and then immigration after 1965. these...
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night% of people hate america because of this. -- 90% of people hate america because of the spreis. the best estimate i have seen and civilian deaths is something like to order 50 civilians -- 250 civilians. the american government estimate is much lower. some human rights group estimated much higher. these are un governed spaces. there is nobody, we have to rely on on reliable local media. it is clear that probably hundreds of civilians, innocent but critics of the deals have probably been killed that as part and parcel of why this program meets the light of day shined on it. host: nashville, tenn., on our democrats line. caller: good morning. i want to add on to what my neighbor from alabama said. he stated about the innocents being killed. in the reported, all we get is al qaeda suspects or taliban suspects. is it constitutional to kill suspects? the we have to have some kind approved here? i don't know all the intelligence but some of the intelligence that we have been getting, some of these guys are not the brightest light bulbs in the ninth drawer. -- knife drawer, if you'll e
night% of people hate america because of this. -- 90% of people hate america because of the spreis. the best estimate i have seen and civilian deaths is something like to order 50 civilians -- 250 civilians. the american government estimate is much lower. some human rights group estimated much higher. these are un governed spaces. there is nobody, we have to rely on on reliable local media. it is clear that probably hundreds of civilians, innocent but critics of the deals have probably been...
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yes, texas is the best state in america. it is not going to be the best state that creates jobs in the future if we do not lower the burden on business. we definitely lost more jobs in texas this year than we gained. we've lost 300,000 jobs in texas alone-year. that is not a record to be proud of. our unemployment rate is higher than every state in the surrounding area. i think the government -- governor talks about how good things are in texas and texas is the greatest day in america, but if we do not deal with the problems in this state, which are not going to remain the best state in america. hiding from it is not the way to make it better. >> as we move through the night, if you want to talk about what people say to create jobs, we can do that. >> cut business expenses. if you are adding business expenses, like the governor is, they are not going to create jobs. lowering taxes at the federal jobs, we're all thinking the same thing. >> i think it is important to point out that we have lost jobs all those jobs government -
yes, texas is the best state in america. it is not going to be the best state that creates jobs in the future if we do not lower the burden on business. we definitely lost more jobs in texas this year than we gained. we've lost 300,000 jobs in texas alone-year. that is not a record to be proud of. our unemployment rate is higher than every state in the surrounding area. i think the government -- governor talks about how good things are in texas and texas is the greatest day in america, but if...